Henry rung



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' H. RUNG.

PAPER FILE.

Y Patented Aug. 7," 1888.

"ii'NrTnn STATES PATENT HENRY RUNG, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO ATKINSON 8L SYKES, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,600, dated August'7, 1388 I Application ii'led January 6, 1886. Serial No. 187,774. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY RUNG, of the city of Rochester, in the countyof Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Paper- Flles; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being hadto the drawings accompanying this application.

My improvement relates toiiles for holding` letters, bills, and otherpapers, and is of that kind where the papers are set in upright form 1na suitable pocket or receptacle, and are clamped against a back board byan upright follower that slides forward and back on suitable ways orguides. The difiiculty with such devices is that when the receptacle isfullor nearly full of the papers in compressed form and the follower islocated at the outer end of the ways vor guides the follower cannot beturned back horizontally to expose the face of the papers; hence to findany particular paper in the package thc papers have to be removed bodilyand then replaced again after the particular paper has been found. y

.[t is the object of my invention to remedy this difficulty by soarranging the follower that it can be turned back to expose the vface ofthe pagers, so that any particular paper can be found without removingthe papers from the pack.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a paper-(ile, showinginyinvention. Fig. 2 isa plan View of the same. Fig. 8 is a rear view ofa portion of the follower' and the attachments connected therewith. Fig.4 is a plan of the devices for locking the follower to the ways orguides. Fig. 5 is a crosssection in line a: a of Fig. 3.

A indicates the pocket or receptacle in which the papers are placed inupright position, said receptacle consisting of a stiff back board, a, abase-board, b, and two inclined side rods, e c, which form the ways orguides on which the follower runs forward and back. This pocket orreceptacle may be used independently, or it may be inserted in thepigeonholes of a cabinet, such as is ordinarily employed.

B is the follower, consisting of a flat up right board, which slidesforward aud back on the ways and serves to press the papers firmlyagainst the back board. This board is 'provided on the back side withtwo vertical guide-rods, d d, of considerable length, extending from thebottom upward and passing loosely through eyes in lugs f f, attached tothe slide C, that slides on the ways, said lugs standing upward at anangle of about forty-five degrees. The arrangement is such that in itsnatural position in holding the papers the bottom of the follower restsnear the base-board, but when desired the follower can be drawn upvertically and then turned over backward iiatwisc, as indicated by thedotted lines in Fig. l., the guidc-rods d l in that case sliding up inthe lugs ff till the lower ends strike the lugs, and the follower thenturns over flaiwisc.

By the means above described, when it is desired to find any particular'paper in the package, the follower can be drawn up endwise and turnedover backward without interfering with the papers, and when the followeris thus turned backward the whole upper half of the papers is open andexposed, and they can be so spread or opened as to find any paperwithout disarrangiug the package.

pp are clamping-arms pivoted at their iuner ends to the under side ofthe slide C, their outer ends passing through slots in the bearings ri'of the slide and resting against the side rods, c c. These arms formtoggles. Vhen the follower is drawn out, they loosen and allow thesliding motion, but when pressed in they straighten and clamp againstthe side rods.

Having described my invention, I disclaim a follower capable of beingraised up and turned back, such as is shown in Patent No. 290,570; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a paper-file, `the combination, with the base b and back board,a., of the side rods, c c, forming ways, the slide O, movable forwardand back on the same, the lugs ff, provided with holcs attached to theslide and standing at an upward angle, and the follower B, provided withloops d d, passing through the holes of the lugs, the whole arranged toopcrate in the manner and for the purpose specified.

2. In n paper-ille, the combination7 with l of the lugs, the Wholearranged to operate in 1o the base b and back board a, of the side rods,c c, forming Ways, the slide C, movable forward and back on the same,the lugsff, provided with holes attached to the slide and standing nt;an upward angle, the clampingnrnis p p, pivoted to the slide and bearingagainst the side rods, and the follower B, provided with loops d d,passing through the holes the manner and for the purpose specilied.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

HENRY RUNG.

Witnesses:

R. F. Oscoop, 1P. A. Cos'rroir.

